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Manuel de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
The Miami Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Marturet - Conductor

The pandemic changed the world. After a year like no other, we found ourselves in lockdown and hiding our faces from everybody. But, the hope was always there. Un Ballo in Maschera was recorded in 2021 as a reminder of what we faced and as a celebration of the beautiful future that lies ahead. The Miami Symphony Orchestra pays a well-deserved tribute to our devoted musicians' talent and dedication. It offers a repertoire inspired by the lockdown, with the hope of a new world, with us coming back stronger than ever!

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts - Knight Concert Hall
March 4, 2021

Produced by: 
Eduardo Marturet 
Gabriela Landaeta
Luis David Aguilar

Audio Editions: 
Vladimir Quintero 

Mix:
Vladimir Quintero

Mastering: 
Ricardo Landaeta

Creative Design:
Susana Pulpillo

© 2022 Miami Symphony Orchestra. All rights reserved.

Manuel de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo

Peter Boyer's Symphony No. 1 was commissioned by the Pasadena Symphony, and premiered by that orchestra under his direction in April 2013. The three-movement, 24-minute symphony is dedicated to the memory of Leonard Bernstein. This is the first movement, "Prelude."

The symphony is the centerpiece of a new recording of Boyer's music by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer at historic Abbey Road Studio One in 2013. Released worldwide by Naxos in its American Classics Series in February 2014, the recording also includes four other Boyer orchestral works. It has been broadcast on over 150 radio stations around the U.S. and abroad.

"Boyer, who claims more than 300 performances by more than 100 orchestras, writes in a fluent, powerful style that fuses conservative American currents with Hollywood-ish size and populist sentiment... eloquent, spaciously recorded performances…"
-- Gramophone

"Like all of the music on this disc, the symphony is tuneful, expertly crafted, colorfully scored… Boyer knows what he wants, and how to do it. This very well engineered disc is lots of fun, and a really good listen."
-- ClassicsToday.com

"The performances here are simply superb, showing off [Boyer's] engaging and easily accessible cinematic style. This is certainly a recording that should have broad appeal, and one which you will likely find yourself returning to time and again. The music is brilliantly orchestrated with engaging thematic ideas and a fine sense of dramatic shape."
-- Cinemusical

"Classical music listeners apprehensive about 'new music' have nothing to fear, and everything to love, about Peter Boyer. The American composer writes music in a neo-romantic style with an unabashedly direct and popular appeal… His Symphony No. 1, a tribute to his muse Leonard Bernstein, is a stirring work, filled with soaring, 'American sounding' themes and propulsive rhythms… a recording that’s sure to win him many new fans."
-- WRTI (Philadelphia), New Releases

To purchase on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/boyer-symphony-no.-1/id804059505

Music © 2013 Propulsive Music. Recording © 2014 Naxos Rights US, Inc. Used with permission.

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Symphony No. 1 - Movement I: Prelude – London Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Boyer, conductor

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Stephen Layton, conductor

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Manuel de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo

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